{"id":194,"date":"2026-02-24T23:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/?p=194"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:44:27","slug":"social-media-persona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/2026\/02\/24\/social-media-persona\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Persona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My love for playing sports like basketball goes way beyond just being on the court. During COVID, something as simple as shooting around in front of my house honestly kept me grounded. It gave me a place to breathe when everything else felt overwhelming. I have so much fun when I am playing, and the fact that it keeps me in shape just makes me appreciate it even more. There is something about the bounce of the ball, the focus it takes, and the way my body moves that clears my mind from all the stress life brings. When I am out there, I feel like the best version of myself. It is peaceful, it is energizing, and it reminds me that joy can come from the simplest moments. Basketball is not just a sport to me. It is comfort, it is freedom, and it is a part of who I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40708\/2026\/02\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40708\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40708\/2026\/02\/image.png 439w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40708\/2026\/02\/image-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My love for playing sports like basketball goes way beyond just being on the court. During COVID, something as simple as shooting around in front of my house honestly kept me grounded. It gave me a place to breathe when&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/2026\/02\/24\/social-media-persona\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}